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FROM NZMJ
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Sudden death in patients with serious
mental illness
Erik Monasterio, Andrew McKean, Vimu Sinhalage Christopher Frampton, Roger Mulder
The New Zealand Medical Journal; Volume 131 Number 1487
People who experience serious mental illnesses (SMI) are known
to have poor health status and significantly premature mortality.
National and international studies have shown that patients with
serious mental illness have a 15- to 20-year gap in their life expectancy
when compared to the general population. Of particular concern, studies
also indicate that this gap in life expectancy is increasing. Our research
studied the causes of sudden death for patients with SMI who received
special mental health care in Canterbury between 2005 and 2009, with
the aim of determining interventions to mitigate the risk of sudden death
and premature mortality. This is particularly important given New Zea-
land’s high suicide rate.